CoM Moderators Posted Tuesday at 04:02 AM Posted Tuesday at 04:02 AM Historical Events 1864 - Second Battle of Newtonia (American Civil War), Newton County, Missouri 1906 - Belgian-British "Union Minière du Haut Katanga" mining company created in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo 1948 - Flag of Israel is adopted 1975 - Venezuela and foreign oil companies agree on nationalization as of January 1, 1976 2020 - Global COVID-19 cases increased by a record 500,000 for the first time, rising 25% in less than two weeks, according to Reuters More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1718 - Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer, born in Kottori, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1793) 1909 - Josef Gingold, Russian-American violinist (Primrose Quartet; Cleveland Orchestra, 1947-60) and pedagogue (Indiana University, 1960-95), born in Brest-Litovsk, Russian Empire (now Brest, Belarus) (d. 1995) 1949 - Caitlyn Jenner [born Bruce Jenner], American athlete (Olympic gold decathlon 1976), TV personality ('Keeping Up with the Kardashians') and prominent transgender figure, born in Mt Kisco, New York 1967 - Kevin Macdonald, Scottish film director, known for "Touching the Void", born in Glasgow, Scotland 1974 - Braden Looper, American baseball pitcher (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Weatherford, Oklahoma More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1627 - Jahangir, 4th Mughal Emperor of India (1605-27), dies at 58 1708 - Prince George of Denmark, Prince Consort of Anne of England, dies at 55 1973 - Taha Hussein, Egyptian writer (b. 1889) 1996 - William Downie Forrest, Scottish foreign correspondent (Spanish Civil War, WWII), dies at 94 1997 - Toni Carabillo, writer (Feminist Chronicles), dies of lymphoma at 71 More Famous Deaths »
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